My High School Calculus Teacher Was a Lizard Creature From Space

Walter Rhein Podcast · Aug 17, 2026 · 13m

Thanks for your support: 30% off 💙 40% off 💙 50% off 💙 60% offOf all the awful teachers I had to deal with in high school, among the most awful of them all was Jerry Puffball.We called him Jerry. We let his name roll off our tongue like we were spitting out a cockroach.“What class do you have next hour?”“Jerry.”“Did you do the homework for Jerry?”“Nah, Jerry can do his own homework.”He looked like the kind of person who might pull off his human mask to reveal the lizard face beneath. He kind of rolled when he walked, like he was riding a stationary bicycle instead of standing upright. He…